Malware Insights
The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and 3D content, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED. The extracted artifacts, particularly 'deobfuscated.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', suggest the script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of U3D content also points to a potential exploit targeting Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The exact nature of the payload and the specific exploit used cannot be determined without further dynamic analysis.
Heuristics 5
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U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATEDPDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCANPDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
Extracted artifacts 4
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0009_000.js754a0eb391d64a065621990a1dfb074ecea2ddd16f9809bb37f51e80b8c2f753 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x4427 | 448 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js22e6538b49a0dab995647ee77836647f322a960ac7e930d9d2a2efbcb32add8f |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C09 | 12443 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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deobfuscated.js3e9e04a0cdc3ca0973b18463618ad244f3d9e520b3d5ba6bcf59d1cd3ea06616 |
deobfuscated-js | PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass | 312199 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
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u3d_00_off00004666.binfb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628 |
pdf-3d-stream | PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4666 | 28021 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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